{"id":214,"date":"2025-05-23T13:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2025-08-29T19:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:56:27","slug":"learning-board-games","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/learning-board-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning with Board Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Learning with Board Games\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full w-screen ml-offset-center cu-max-w-child-7xl px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/llrc-03-1-edited-512x341-1.jpg\" alt=\"HeadBanz game modified for Japanese\" class=\"wp-image-689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/llrc-03-1-edited-512x341-1.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/llrc-03-1-edited-512x341-1-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/06\/llrc-03-1-edited-512x341-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>The objective of this project is to explore the use of board games as a tool for language learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board games offer a fun and engaging opportunity for language learners who are interested in practicing their language in action. Games come with rules, specific vocabulary and a limited set of possibilities. They also come with a healthy sense of competition (or collaboration), all of which create a compelling case for including them in students\u2019 language learning experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to mention the fact that the Carleton Library has a <a href=\"https:\/\/ocul-crl.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/collectionDiscovery?vid=01OCUL_CRL:CRL_DEFAULT&amp;inst=01OCUL_CRL&amp;collectionId=81461909660005153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Board Game collection<\/a> with +\/-50 games for you to borrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have set up the board games project so we will have a place to share experiences and suggestions for using board games to improve language proficiency.&nbsp; We welcome participation from language learners and instructors at all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"project-contributors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Contributors:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Barker<br>Jessy Belair<br>Leilah Biesler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"related-posts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center  md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;&quot;1&quot;,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;listing&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;post&quot;,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;category&quot;,&quot;showImages&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showDates&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showTimeToRead&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showExcerpts&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;26&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            category\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"w-full max-w-5xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component-updated not-prose\">\n            <ul class=\"grid cu-stackedlist--posts cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n\n                                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n                    <figure class=\"flex-none max-w-[30%] @sm:md:max-w-[25%] hidden md:block aspect-[3\/2]\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/05\/AA0-01-Board-Game-Player-Guides-blue.png\" alt=\"Generated with AI. 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class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            Apparently, we\u2019re not the only people thinking about connections between board games and language learning. In her Sunday Morning interview with Tim Clare, the CBC\u2019s&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/2025\/learning-with-board-games\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        Learning with Board Games (CBC Interview)\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n                    <figure class=\"flex-none max-w-[30%] @sm:md:max-w-[25%] hidden md:block aspect-[3\/2]\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/05\/SignOutBoardGame-Step03-600x400.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of board game collection page\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n\n            \n                <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n                                        <time datetime=\"2026-04-08T13:15:52-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        \n    <\/time>\n\n                                            <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Sign Out A Board Game!\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            Add some more fun to your language learning journey with one of the 200 board games available from MacOdrum Library.\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/2025\/sign-out-a-board-game\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        Sign Out A Board Game!\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                            \n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not to mention the fact that the Carleton Library has a Board Game collection with +\/-50 games for you to borrow! 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